Dave Murphy

Dave Murphy is the vice president for marketing and communication
at Marquette University.

Marquette promises students an education that prepares them to
be the difference in the world. The role of the Office of Marketing and Communication is to represent that promise throughout Marquette’s branding, marketing and communication initiatives. Murphy has led Marquette’s marketing and communication team since 2012 and previously oversaw the development and growth of Marquette’s strategic
branding initiatives, working to achieve positive marketplace impact
in academic reputation, student recruitment, fundraising and alumni
relations.

Born in Dublin, Ireland, Murphy received a bachelor’s degree in
mass communication from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in
1982. He has more than 30 years experience in the marketing and
advertising field.

Before joining Marquette in 2008 as senior director of brand marketing,
Murphy served as executive creative director and partner at
Versant, a marketing and communications firm in Milwaukee.

Murphy is a member of the Downtown Milwaukee Rotary
Club and a member of the VISIT Milwaukee Convention Center and
Visitors Bureau’s board of directors. Murphy also serves as chair of
the Nativity Jesuit Middle School board of trustees and is a member
of the Marquette University High School Advancement Committee.
In 1997, the Milwaukee Business Journal included him as one of the
city’s “Forty Under 40.”

He and his wife, Margaret, live in Wauwatosa and have two
children, Alex and Tess.